Hi Michael, I'm doing that part, but the dependencies of the dll's being referenced are not copied. It won't let me add the native code dll's as a reference, it gives an error telling me to check the file is accessible, that it is a valid assembly or COM component.
I used depends.exe (Dependency Walker) to figure out what dll's it was looking for in the third party dlls. ie the c# wrapper dll is called hoops1811_cs90.dll (which I can add as a reference) but the hoops1811_vc90.dll file won't add (but manually copying or copying via Post build) gets the unit test running. I've got it all copying and running (and passing!) now so I was just wondering if that's the normal thing to do (using Post build to copy dependencies) thanks for the reply, Stephen On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Michael O'Dea-Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Stephen, > > I am working on a C# project using VS2008 and have COM objects. I have added > the DLL's as references and they are being copied to the Unit Test project. > If you slick the DLL under references and press F4 you will see the > references properties. For my DLL's Copy Local is set to True. I hope this > helps. > > Regards, > Michael O'Dea-Jones > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Stephen Price > Sent: Tuesday, 3 August 2010 11:36 AM > To: ozDotNet > Subject: Native code references > > hey all, > > I find myself delving into the world of COM and Native code (ie C++) and > calling it from managed code. Something I've been tripped up by is missing > dll's. I was wondering if there's an easy way I've missed that someone could > share. > > I'm writing some unit tests for code that wraps calls to these native dll's > but I've found adding references to the supplied C# wrapper classes does not > automagically copy the required dll's along with it. > I've had to resort to Post build copies of the required native dll's and > their dependencies, which once I've done works fine. > > Is that the best practice, or have i missed something? I've managed to avoid > this until now (and to be honest am having fun with it. I feel like a REAL > programmer. lol) > > cheers, > Stephen >
